Submitted by mogston
from blog:
Social Network application developer and advertising platform RockYou has raised a whopping $50 million in a Series D round of financing from existing investor Softbank, we’ve confirmed with the company... (Read More)
TechSheep:
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:RockYou Raises A Whopper - $50 Million In Venture Capital — Social Network application developer and advertising platform RockYou has raised a whopping $50 million in a Series D round of fina (Read More)
Ask The VC:
Last week we started the blog series (written by Roger Glovsky), How to Wind Down Your Company. The response and comments were great! Keep them coming. This week we tackle the hardest problem of all: deciding when to shut (Read More)
VC Circle:
Aavishkaar, a micro equity fund, has invested in Hyderabad-based Waterlife India Pvt Ltd, a water purification company, for a significant minority stake. The amount of money pumped into the firm was not disclosed.Waterlife h (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Blog search engine (and more recently blog/social network advertising network) Technorati has raised a new round of financing – $2 million from existing investors, including Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Mobius Venture Capital. (Read More)
Xconomy:
Roundup, Life Sciences, startups Rebecca Zacks wrote: It was a busy week in the land of New England life sciences. Let’s dive in.—Luke did a massive analysis of the financial health of all the public biotech companies w (Read More)
Xconomy:
Roundup, deals, acquisitions Rebecca Zacks wrote: As has been the case in recent weeks, M&A news featured prominently in this week’s New England tech and life sciences deals.—Harvard spinoff Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals o (Read More)
Submitted by stewbagz
from blog:
What Recession We'Ve Confirmed That Startup Delivery Agent Has Just Raised 25 Million In Series D Funding Led By New Investor Focus Ventures
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alarm:clock:
Pay attention to Delivery Agent as they have been one of the huge success stories in eCommerce. They have gotten there by smartly marrying entertainment and celebrity with merchandise sales.San Francisco-based Delivery Agent (Read More)
Submitted by mogston
from blog:
Pay attention to Delivery Agent as they have been one of the huge success stories in eCommerce. They have gotten there by smartly marrying entertainment and celebrity with merchandise sales. San Francisco-based Delivery Agent (Read More)
TODAY ON FOUND3R - Venture Capital STORIES:
Pay attention to Delivery Agent as they have been one of the huge success stories in eCommerce. They have gotten there by smartly marrying entertainment and celebrity with merchandise sales. San Francisco-based Delivery Agent (Read More)
Submitted by davidthomas8779
from Google Reader:
Much thanks to Cooley Godward Kronish LLP and Fenwick & West LLP for their recent reports on Q2 2009 venture financing term trends. This is a long post, but full of info helpful to people in the venture deal space.My summary (Read More)
Submitted by magitam
from Google Reader:
DriveCam is a company that improves risky drivers by setting up video event recorders on the windshield behind the rear-view mirror. DriveCam reduces claims costs and improves the way people drive. DriveCam offers driver coa (Read More)
Xconomy:
Roundup, deals, VC Rebecca Zacks wrote: Boston- and Cambridge-based tech and life sciences firms cut the usual assortment of deals this week, but their brethren further out in New England were unusually active as well.— (Read More)
New York Times:
Simply Hired, a job aggregator and search engine raised $4.6 million in a Series D round of funding, The Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal reported. The company will use the money to add an East Coast office and make m (Read More)
Xconomy:
Roundup, deals, VC Rebecca Zacks wrote: I’m happy to say that the last week has provided a number of venture financings to talk about, and a few other deals as well.—Waltham, MA-based North Bridge Venture Partners commi (Read More)
TODAY ON FOUND3R - Venture Capital STORIES:
(Market Wire) Vindicia, a leading provider of on-demand payment management services, today announced it has secured $7.5 million in series D financing, bringing the total amount raised to over $21 million. New investor ONSET (Read More)
Xconomy:
Roundup, Life Sciences, startups Rebecca Zacks wrote: New England’s life sciences companies produced a couple of sizeable venture deals this past week, but they also faced some significant challenges.—Rapid Micro Biosys (Read More)
Submitted by mogston
from blog:
Redwood City-based Vindicia, which sells on-demand payment management software, has raised $7.5M in Series D funding. New investor ONSET Ventures led the round and was joined by existing investors Bertelsmann Digital Media In (Read More)